Creating Faster Integrated Circuits by Slowing Light

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A section of the coupled-resonator slow-wave structure in silicon fabricated using electron-beam lithography. The full structure consists of one hundred coupled cuboidal resonators connected sequentially by a thin photonic-wire waveguide. Credit: UC ...
A section of the coupled-resonator slow-wave structure in silicon fabricated using electron-beam lithography. The full structure consists of one hundred coupled cuboidal resonators connected sequentially by a thin photonic-wire waveguide. Credit: UC San Diego

As the pace of photonic device development quickens, researchers at UC San Diego have shown that actually slowing light can accelerate future development in this promising field.


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